Bulletin No. 1, 2019

I ntellectual C ross - currents China-UK Humanities Annual Forum The China-UK Humanities Annual Forum, hosted by the China-UK Humanities Alliance for Higher Education, took place between 5–7 December 2018 at CUHK. With the theme of China and the Humanities, the Forum gathered about 80 delegates including academic members from 18 tertiary institutions of mainland China and the UK. Participants exchanged ideas and shared perceptions on topics like the state of humanities research, the humanistic tradition in Chinese history and culture and issues relating to globalising Chinese humanities. The meeting served as a platform for cross-cultural and transnational dialogue and cooperation in the field of the humanities between the universities of China and UK. International Conference on Low-Energy Architecture and Urban Design The 34th International Conference on Passive and Low-Energy Architecture and Urban Design was jointly organized by the School of Architecture, the Institute of Future Cities, and the Institute of Energy, Environment and Sustainability of CUHK between 10–12 December 2018. It was the first time for this conference to be held in Hong Kong. Under the theme of ‘Smart and Healthy Within the Two-Degree Limit’, the Conference drew over 300 industry practitioners, experts and researchers from around the world to explore how green building and low-energy design can address climate change and the urban climate. International Workshop on Environmental Sustainability and Resilience Social Business Regional Forum 2019 To encourage tertiary students to set up social businesses, the Yunus Social Business Centre at CUHK—Jockey Club Youth Programme organized the Social Business Regional Forum 2019: Inclusive Social Innovation and University Social Responsibility between 5–7 April. Scholars and students from the mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong were invited to share their strategies on teaching and discuss experiences of setting up social businesses. The dialogue enhanced the students’ understanding of social businesses and social innovation and allowed reflection. First Cochrane Hong Kong Symposium The Nethersole School of Nursing of the Faculty of Medicine hosted the First Cochrane Hong Kong Symposium between 23–24 May with the theme of ‘Paving the Way for and Achieving Excellence in Evidence-informed Health Care in the Belt and Road Regions’. The symposium drew more than 700 health professionals including health care providers, policy makers, academics and researchers from the Belt and Road regions and worldwide to discuss contemporary strategies and issues in evidence-informed health care and policy formulation. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) – University of Exeter (UoE) Joint Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Resilience (ENSURE) held an international workshop on issues confronting environmental sustainability and human health, including transboundary air pollution in China and UK, from 25 to 26 February at CUHK. The workshop was co-chaired by the Co-Directors of ENSURE—Prof. Gabriel Lau (centre, front row), Co-Director of the Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability at CUHK, and Prof. Gavin Shaddick (right, front row), Chair of Data Science and Statistics and Head of the Department of Mathematics at UoE. The workshop brought together nearly 50 multi-disciplinary researchers from both Universities and the University of Queensland. 44 Chinese University Bulletin No.1, 2019